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1793 French legislative election in Saint-Domingue — Wikipedia (en)

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An election to the National Convention was held in the northern province of the French colony of Saint-Domingue on 24 September 1793, following primary elections. Delayed a day, the election was the only one in France held under the Constitution of the Year I, which included universal manhood suffrage, and Léger-Félicité Sonthonax's Decree of General Liberty, which emancipated the slave population in the northern province. The electors convened in Le Cap to elect six deputies and three substitutes for the colony. In total, including substitutes, three whites, three men of color, and three blacks were elected, including Jean-Baptiste Belley, a former black slave. As Belley and the other deputies who had accepted their appointments made their way to France in late 1793, they were subjected to verbal abuse, threats, robbery, and even physical assaults from deported white refugee and migrant counterrevolutionaries. One of the black representatives, Joseph Georges Boisson, was even taken hostage by them in Philadelphia. By the time the delegation arrived in France, only three remained, Belley, Dufaÿ, and Mills, one from each race. In Paris, they encountered opposition from white planter lobbyists and were briefly arrested, before being freed by the Committee of Public Safety. On 3 February 1794, they entered the National Convention during its daily proceedings and were quickly admitted as representatives for the northern province of the colony. Their arrival had been anticipated, with many deputies long hoping to have men of color among their ranks. The three were welcomed with repeated applause and a "fraternal embrace" from the president as they made their way to sit with the Montagnards. The following day, after being informed of the situation in the colony, the Convention passed a decree emancipating slaves across all French territories. By summer 1794, two more deputies, one of them being Boisson, had made it to France.

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